so I've often heard people say I don't need religion to be a good person. may I ask your opinion on what a good person is?
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what is a good person?
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That's pretty subjective, but it's well documented that there are people who would be considered good in and out of religion. They can also be evil.
Most people can probably agree that people who help more than they hurt are good people.
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In general, I'd say someone who tries to do the most amount of good to the most amount people, while trying to do the least amount of harm to the least amount of people.
 (June 27, 2014 at 3:05 pm)shortbusgangsta3 Wrote: so I've often heard people say I don't need religion to be a good person. may I ask your opinion on what a good person is? Someone who gives me money, food, or good lovin'.  
Personally, I think the terms 'good' or 'bad' person are to subjective to interpretation. In my opinion, there is no such thing as a good or bad person, but simply individuals that practice good actions more than bad and others that practice bad actions more than good. I know this position is bound to critics, but for me a 'good' (I'll use this term to facilitate the reply) person or bad is based on one factor - Result. In other words, I don't think having inner morals or ethics make you a 'good' person, but your actions and the results you achieve do. If someone wants to change the world and end poverty, with the best of intentions, but doesn't do a damn thing a about it, it's irrelevant. If someone donates billions and helps everyone in a positive, beneficial way to society, even if done by the less altruistic reasons (eg bragging, recognition, or simply because you have no use for money), is enough for me to consider someone good. I don't believe however that the means always justify the end, but without the result the intention becomes useless. In other words and as an atheist, I'd rather have a religious person donating billions because he/she is afraid of going to hell, than a non believer that doesn't donate anything because he/she thinks not having an obligation (moral or ethical) to do so.
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